Culture & Society
Cannabis in global culture, lifestyle, music, art, and its impact on social movements
Hemp was never all that rare. Long before it was banned and stigmatized, this ancient plant was already part of daily life, used in textiles, ship sails, ropes, paper, and even building materials. Today, in 2025, hemp is back in the spotlight of the global economy, but this time in a form that’s shaking up…
Concrete Jungle, Hemp Style: How Hempcrete Is Building a $2B Read More »
Since the beginning of his career in the early ’90s, when he arrived on the West Coast music scene as a smooth-talking gangsta-rap standout, Snoop Dogg has been more than open about how much he loves smoking weed. From that “bubonic chronic” he bragged about on ‘Gin and Juice’ to his numerous successful forays into today’s legal…
Snoop Dogg’s Cookbook Provides Recipes For When You’re Already High Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – BARRY, Ill., Aug. 29, 2025 – Workers at Ascend Cannabis in Barry, Ill., have chosen to join the Teamsters, adding 282 cultivation, extraction, facilities, inventory, packaging, post-harvest, and quality assurance employees to the growing ranks of unionized cannabis workers across the country.Local 916 previously organized drivers and manufacturing workers at Ascend who…
282 Ascend Cannabis Workers Organize With Teamsters in Illinois Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – MIAMI, Aug. 29, 2025 – AYR Wellness Inc., together with its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively the “company”), a leading vertically integrated multistate cannabis operator, executed a definitive senior secured bridge term loan agreement (the “bridge credit agreement”), which will provide the company with up to US$50 million of committed funding to support ongoing…
AYR Wellness Executes Senior Secured Bridge Credit Agreement Read More »
What was discovered?Why it’s exciting79 phenolic compounds (tentative IDs)Reveals chemical complexity beyond cannabinoids25 compounds never before seen in cannabisExpands the known cannabis chemotype palette16 rare flavoalkaloids in leaves of one strainNew molecule class, brand-new to cannabis You know the buzz: THC, CBD, terpenes. But what if I told you that a whole new class of…
Weed’s Next Big Secret: Scientists Just Discovered a New Family Read More »
As anticipation continues for President Donald Trump’s decision on cannabis rescheduling, one of the longest-serving U.S. House members is creating new industry shockwaves through legislation to more broadly legalize the plant.Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., one of the top Democrats serving on the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, reintroduced the Marijuana Opportunity, Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act on…
40 House Democrats Introduce Bill to Federally Legalize Cannabis Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 28, 2025 – Globally recognized cannabis and hemp economist Beau Whitney, the chief economist of Whitney Economics, introduced data that debunks the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture (USDA)’s methodology in calculating the value of the hemp cultivation sector, and errors in the methodology are contributing to the misperception that farmers are not…
Whitney Economics Identifies Flaws in USDA Methodology in Calculating Hemp Read More »
In Germany, as in so many other countries, soccer transcends sport and is woven into the fabric that brings neighborhoods together, integrates diverse communities, and builds a sense of national identity. 1. FC Union Berlin is living proof of that.Who is the Bundesliga’s new cannabis sponsor?What do cannabis and soccer have in common? Born in…
Soccer Makes History: First German Team Sponsored by a Cannabis Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Aug. 28, 2025 – Texas veterans are fed up. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s relentless crusade to ban hemp-based products is more than just political overreach; it’s a direct attack on the livelihoods, health and freedoms of Texans.Patrick’s position ignores the reality that hemp is an $8 billion industry in Texas, employing…
Texas Lieutenant Governor’s Prohibition Push Draws State Veterans’ Ire Read More »
[PRESS RELEASE] – LOUISVILLE, Ky., Aug. 29, 2025 – Cornbread Hemp, a national leader in the hemp industry, is proud to announce the first-ever THC beverage sponsorship in Division I college athletics, with the University of Louisville. This landmark collaboration marks a cultural shift that brings THC beverages out of the margins and into the mainstream of American sports…
Cornbread Hemp Announces THC Beverage Sponsorship in College Athletics Read More »
